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The Moon on Friday, August 18, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on August 18, 1905Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 August 1905402,760 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, August 18, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.5% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.5%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
402,760 km250,263 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 18, 1905 is on Tuesday, August 15, 1905 at 03:31 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, August 30, 1905 at 13:13 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, August 15, 190503:31
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, August 23, 190506:10

The Moon around August 18

More about this date

Friday, August 18, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 1, 1905 to the new moon of August 30, 1905, a cycle of 29.38 days.